Sayo Foods

Food:
–Pulled pork asado soft taco with gourmet cheese on top, good portion for the food truck price, perfectly marinated sweet pork
–Chicken adobo soft taco is basically the same as above except it’s chicken and the sauce is more tangy
Service:
–Even sweeter Filipino lady (wo)manning the truck
Misc:
–The Sayo truck is typically half-​Filipino and half-​Ethiopian (with Ethiopian style chicken curry) with the Filipino lady and her ethiopian sister-​in-​law; I thought that was pretty cool
I lived with a Filipino family for a few months and know a few things about the cuisine. Being the only place to get Filipino food around the twin cities as of now, I’m relieved to find that Sayo did not disappoint. The only letdown from the food truck was that they didn’t have the pancit bihon or chicken arroz caldo today. I will definitely be back to sample the rest of the menu, especially the halo-​halo Sayo is going to have in the coming month.

My buddy and I were out for out bi-​weekly new food Minneapolis excursion. My friend heard about a new Filipino food truck on Marquette. He is Filipino, so I figured I had the right guy to accompany me.
The truck is green and and was sitting across from the 8^th St.Grill. The logo was small on the side of the truck, so we didn’t realize what we had until we were across the street.
They had three entrees and three types of tacos available. I got the shredded chicken and also a shredded pork taco for $ 5. There were two nice ladies helping people in the truck. After about 5 minutes I had my two tacos.
My friend got one of the entrees and a Hawaiian taco as well.
We sat at a nearby food court and i opened the pork taco first. The meat was super juicy and it was attacking the soft, yet steamed tortilla. A little messy, but in a nice way. The meat was sweet in a really unique way. They had some shaved type parmesan on top that added a little bit of bitterness to the dish. The spice was hard to describe. Very flavorful though.
The chicken taco was about the same, super juicy and full of goodness. $ 5 might be a little steep for how big the tacos were, but I was satiated until dinner at Crave 5 hours later.
My friend liked his taco as well, but he said the entrée meat was a little dry. He said it usually wouldn’t have carrot and stuff in it bck home, and they would have put a lot more broth on it, so it wasn’t so dry. Probably a three star for him.
Lots more trucks to try, still about 5 I haven’t been to on Marquette.

One of my biggest complaints is that when I get a craving for Filipino food it’s so hard to find a place. At least on the East coast anyway. I just arrived in Minneapolis, my first time here, and within a few hours and a few blocks, I stumbled upon Sayo Foods, a Filipino food truck that just opened within the past week. If I had known in advance, I likely would have fasted for a week and ordered one of everything! Alas, I did not. I ordered the lumpia (Filipino spring rolls) which were absolutely delicious and brought me back to my childhood! And for only a few bucks, I honestly may go back and slap a twenty and happily gorge until I fall into a lumpia coma. The chicken adobo (the national dish that varies in style from region to region) comes with rice and vegetable medley and was really good. As good as my Grandma’s? Of course not, no one will out-​cook MY Grandma! But anything that reminds me her is a good thing. Go check out, go support, and if you’ve never had Filipino food, give it a try! Unless I eat them out of business!